-When selecting a text for your students ask yourself: What do I want my students to get out of reading this? Are they reading this for pleasure, vocbaulary, theme, plot, etc.
- Example:
Poetry (Here link a document with the strategy for poetry nicely formatted so the participants can use it in their classrooms next day)
Strategies for setting the purpose When teachers set the purpose: The Tea Party (Link a description of what it is) Example lesson Multiple readings(Link a description of what it is) Example lesson Think like a character(Link a description of what it is) Example lesson Anticipation Reaction guide(Link a description of what it is) Example lesson When students set the purpose: Resources: Classroom strategies for K-3 For upper grades
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-When selecting a text for your students ask yourself: What do I want my students to get out of reading this? Are they reading this for pleasure, vocbaulary, theme, plot, etc.
- Example:
Poetry (Here link a document with the strategy for poetry nicely formatted so the participants can use it in their classrooms next day)
Strategies for setting the purpose
When teachers set the purpose:
The Tea Party (Link a description of what it is)
Example lesson
Multiple readings(Link a description of what it is)
Example lesson
Think like a character(Link a description of what it is)
Example lesson
Anticipation Reaction guide(Link a description of what it is)
Example lesson
When students set the purpose:
Resources:
Classroom strategies for K-3
For upper grades
How set the purpose
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